Gender differences in circumstances surrounding first injection experience of rural injection drug users in the United States

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 401-405

  Young, April M ^a,b   Larian, Nika ^c   Havens, Jennifer R ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Injection drug use; Nonmedical use of prescription drugs; Risk behavior; Rural

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJECTION DRUG USE; MALE; PEER PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SYRINGE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

GENDER; INJECTION DRUG USE; NONMEDICAL USE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RISK BEHAVIOR; RURAL;

ADULT; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890250418     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.10.013     Document Type: Article

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